Kip Hanrahan - Describing It To Yourself As Convex

"Describing It To Yourself As Convex," from Kip Hanrahan, Vertical's Currency (American Clavé, distr. by VeraBra Music), AMCL 1010.

Credits
Artwork By [Design] - Capoeira Graphics
Bass [Electric] - Steve Swallow
Congas, Bongos - Milton Cardona, Puntilla Orlando Rios
Drums [Trap Drums] - Ignacio Berroa
Engineer [Primary Recording And Mixing] - Jon Fausty
Engineer [Recording Assistant] - Horacio Malvicino, Jr.
Engineer [Recording] - Emilsam Velasquez
Executive Producer - Scott Marcus
Guitar [Electric] - Arto Lindsay
Keyboards [Synclavier], Organ - Peter Scherer
Other [Associate Arranger] - Alberto Bengolea
Other [Production Associate] - Arto Lindsay
Photography - Charles Reilly
Producer, Percussion - Kip Hanrahan
Saxophone [Tenor] - David Murray
Vocals, Bass [Electric], Piano - Jack Bruce

Recorded february 1984, Mixed may-august 1984 at Latin / Eurosound Studios, New York City.

"Master chef Kip has cooked himself a scrumptious meal: Afro-Cuban soul food with some poetry chops on the side... Vertical's Currency stands to establish Kip as a vital force on the music scene. It proves once and for all that Jack Bruce is indeed a first rate vocalist of extraordinary passion and sensitivity..." - Bill Milkowski, Downbeat

"What it sound like? Like tangos, like salsa, like sambas, very tropical and layered with Jack Bruce's Celtic bop vocals and David Murray's effervescent and exultant sax. This features some of the most lyrical tenor work Murray's ever put on record. Consider yourself cosmopolitan? Well, if you don't know the work if Kip Hanrahan, you just faking it, bubba. Vertical's Currency is the soundtrack, from a movie shot on location in one truly cosmopolitan imagination" - Greg Tate, Spin

"One of 1985's Ten Best Records ..." - Fernando Gonzalez, Boston Globe

"One of 1985's Ten Best Records ..." - Richard Gere, Spin

"Feature Pick: "This is a cool, sensual album on the surface, but the thing burns red hot in its belly." - Cashbox

"That most rare of things, a genuinely new music... Wonderful. Seek and enjoy." - Richard Elms, The Face (England)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Kip Hanrahan
• Vertical's Currency
• American Clavé
• Afro-Cuban Jazz
• Fusion
• Latin Jazz

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@rickylascaze001

had no idea he sampled kip, will have to hear that!

he was an amazing producer and he'll be missed!

R.I.P.

[rickylascaze001]

Nujabes sampled this in the song Transcendance.